In "Character and Conflict in Jane Austen's Novels," Bernard J.
Paris offers an analysis of the protagonists in four of Jane
Austen's most popular novels. His analysis reveals them to be
brilliant mimetic creations who often break free of the formal and
thematic limitations placed upon them by Austen. Paris traces the
powerful tensions between form, theme, and mimesis in "Mansfield
Park," "Emma," "Pride and Prejudice," and "Persuasion." Paris uses
Northrop Frye's theory of comic forms to analyze and describe the
formal structure of the novels, and Karen Horney's psychological
theories to explore the personalities and inner conflicts of the
main characters. The concluding chapter turns from the characters
to their creator, employing the Horneyan categories of
self-effacing, detached, and expansive personality types to
interpret Jane Austen's own personality.
Readers of Jane Austen will find much that is new and
challenging in this study. It is one of the few books to recognize
and pay tribute to Jane Austen's genius in characterization. Anyone
who reads this book will come away with a new understanding of
Austen's heroines as imagined human beings and also with a deeper
feeling for the troubled humanity of the author herself.
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